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by Avarie Parker Mimi Juneau named 2008 SLentrepreneur of the Year!  The votes have been counted and the 2008 SLentrepreneur of the Year as chosen by SLENTRE.COM readers is Mimi Juneau. (2008 SLentrepreneur runner up, Saffia Widdershins) Also awarded were the 2 runners up – Saffia Widdershins in second place and Rusch Raymaker running a […]

WWW.SLENTRE.COM Presents the 2008 SLentrepreneur of the Year Award Competition and Awards Ceremony Culminating With Second Life Performance by SL’s Rolling Stones Saturday December 20, 2008 Premier Second Life magazine SLentrepreneur presents nominees for 2008 Second Life Entrepreneur of the Year – voting begins now and runs through December 19. Winners to be announced at […]

by Sigmund Leominster, News Editor The Second Life™ virtual world is, as we know, one of a number of online environments available to consumers. And it would not be unfair to characterize press coverage in general as tending toward an emphasis on the prurient and scandalous. The recent case of real life couple David and […]

By Feldspar Epstein The Sigma- Aldrich company specializes in assisting researchers in their work. The product lines, each under a different brand name, cover the life sciences, biochemistry, biotechnology, pharmaceutical development, analytical and chromatographic work, research essentials, equipment, books and, last but not least, large scale chemistry. Their customers are primarily in the educational, governmental, […]

(First art exhibit in Turkey to take place both in SL and RL.) Başak Temel will display her first personal exhibition, “Ellysion – Yeraltı Cenneti ” [Ellysion Underground Heaven], between November 15 and November 30, 2008 at the real life Gallery of Ankara State Art and Sculpture Museum with the support of the Turkish Ministry […]

SLENTRE.COM accepting nominations through October, Second Life residents must submit their candidates no later than Nov 01, 2008. Slentrepreneur magazine(http://www.slentre.com/), an online journal devoted to covering Second Life business ventures and individuals, is still seeking nominations for the “Slentrepreneur of the Year” award (http://www.slentre.com/sl-entrepreneur-magazine-presentssl-entrepreneur-of-the-year-award/). The award recognizes one individual best exemplifying extraordinary Second Life business […]

Op-Ed by Sigmund Leominster, News Editor Most commentators on virtual worlds are still happy to use the words “infancy,” “early stages,” “developing” and “growth period.” The concept of online interactions is as old as the bulletin board, the first public version of which is typically cited as the Computerized Bulletin Board System of Chicago, developed […]

By Avarie Parker It has been a week since Google unleashed Lively, their contribution to the 3D web. There has been a lot of hype surrounding the giant’s entry in to realm of virtual worlds with some observers suggesting that Lively might threaten or ultimately eliminate Linden Lab’s Second Life. After spending some time in […]

By Avarie Parker Clive Jackson, the creator of Blink 3D and inDuality, took some time to answer SLENTRE.COM’s questions regarding the release of his new products. He is the founder of Pelican Crossing, a development firm working toward creating a web portal for 3D environments. You can read more about his thoughts on the future […]

Clive Jackson, the creator of Blink 3D and inDuality, has some very specific suggestions regarding the development of the Metaverse. He has compiled these in a comprehensive white paper entitled Metaverse 2.0. You can download the entire document from his company’s website here.